#A8B137#A8B137

#A8B137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.142 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B137
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -18.69, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 61.24, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0568 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.142 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5611, 40.0456, 9.6280)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B137 #4037B1

analogous

#B17D37 #A8B137 #6BB137

triadic

#A8B137 #37A8B1 #B137A8

tetradic

#A8B137 #37B17D #4037B1 #B1376B

square

#A8B137 #37B17D #4037B1 #B1376B

split-complementary

#A8B137 #376BB1 #7D37B1

monochromatic

#4F541A #7C8228 #A8B137 #C3CC5A #D4DA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8B137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A8B137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B137

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B137	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.142 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c875',
    500: '#a8b137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b137;
$custom-light: #c5c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.426,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73066,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B137

secondary

#8580C4

accent

#4CDC56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B137

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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